The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDEROn a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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